A neighbor’s call leads a St. Helena Island man to an unpleasant discovery

A truck, a gun and various electronics totaling nearly $20,000 were reported stolen from a Canopy Lane home on St. Helena Island between 9 a.m. and noon Monday.

A neighbor called the victim when he noticed the victim’s garage door was halfway open and a 2010 Toyota Tundra missing from the driveway shortly before noon Monday, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report. The victim said he immediately came home from work.

The thief made off with the truck, a handgun, ammunition, a lock box, two laptops and a PlayStation 4, valued at a total of $19,770, according to the report. The keys to the truck were inside the home, along with the other items. The victim told deputies he didn’t know who would have broken into his home.